Google Develops Wikipedia Rival
Friday, December 14th, 2007
Google Develops Wikipedia Rival
Google’s system is called “Knol” and each entry will be called a “knowledge unit.” Google is hoping that users will write authoritative entries and that a user’s entry will stand alone, unlike Wikipedia in which each entry is edited by many people. So, on Wikipedia if I wrote an entry on “dyslexia” a topic I know something about, it might be edited by dozens or even hundreds of others hopefully improving it with each edit. On Google’s Knol, my Dyslexia entry would remain my entry. If I’m credible and can write well, my entry would be useful.
I like the spirit of Wikipedia and it will take a lot to dislodge it as my trusted information source. Maybe Google is over extending. Time will tell.
